0n 09.01.10, starting at 8:00-ish, Mad Swirl will continue doing the open mic voodoo that what we do do! Join host Johnny O and co-host MH Clay,along with the musically magical trio Swirve and the usual unusual mad suspects as we do our darndest to both blow and open your minds. We will be callin' all you mystically mad poets, musicians, dancers, actors, singers, performers & any other miscellaneous mad ones in the Dallas/Fort Worth area to come & strut your mad stuff!
Come one, come all! Come to participate. Come to appreciate. Come to be a part of the madness!
notes of gratitude to ALL the mad ones!
0n 08.04.10, Mad Swirl continued to do the poetic & musical open mic voodoo that what we do do every 1st Wednesday of the month at Absinthe Lounge! The crowd in the Lounge dug the musical musings of G. Be. W. Then hosts Johnny O and MH Clay got to callin' all the mad poets, musicians, singers & performers & a few other miscellaneous mad ones in Absinthe Lounge to come & strut their mad stuff! And strut it they did!
Mad Swirlin' thanks to the following mad ones that made this past open mic one of the most wonder-filled nights ever... (in order of appearence)
Johnny O (host) MH Clay (co-host) Isaic Hines Roderick Richardson Devorah Titunik BA Meg Francis Gordon Hilgers Scott Howell Harry Joe Bell Desmene Statum Josh Weir Opalina Salas Jeremy Etienne Lilly Penhall Brian(bartender)
Konnichiwa Zach Victory Jess Bean Dave Dar'rell Cloudy Face
A very special swirlin’ thanks to the hep cats who are G. Be. W. We dug the mad ticklin' of the keys from pianist Bernard Wright while Gerard Bendiks kept the beat on skins keepin' us movin' and groovin' all night long!
HUGE thanks to Absinthe Lounge owner Kevin Christensen for allowing us mad ones to go with our flow for OVER 5 years now. And a shout-out to the fine Lounge staffers for keeping the mad spirits fillin' and swillin' for us buzzed mad ones.
And finally we would like to thank ALL of you who freely shared their hand claps, finger-snaps, hoots and howls with all the mad ones who got up on this sacred mad swirlin' mic.
interested in performing?
Are you a mad poet, musician, actor, singer and/or performer? (circus freaks and Elvis impersonators always welcome) Do you live in the Dallas-Ft. Worth area? Then come-n-strut-yo-stuff.
Come one. Come all. Come to participate. Come to appreciate. Come to support your fellow mad ones.
The mic opens up around8:00 and closes when there's no one left standing.
Interested in performing? Then show up the night of and get on the list!
Got questions? E-mail us at openmic@madswirl.com for further details that may not be listed here.
Mad Swirl Open Mic at Absinthe Lounge. It's THE place to be on the first Wednesday of the month! (it's also THE place for 1st Wednesday's $2 drafts/$5 Mad Absinthes)
And please, by all means, FEEL FREE TO SPREAD THE WORD!
where's this madness take place?
Absinthe Lounge is located
in the SouthSide on Lamar building.
1409 South Lamar Street • Dallas, TX 75215 google map
